Watering-trough



(No Model.)

G. W. LANGDON.

WATERING TROUGH.

No. 399,418. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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GEORGE 'OODlVARI) LANGDON, Oh CLINTON, MASSAOIII SETTS.

WATERING-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,418, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed September 14, 1888. Serial No. 285,366. (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon WooDwAnD IiANoDON, of Clinton, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved \Vatering-Trough, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a swinging watering trough particularly adapted for street-railways where horses are used; and it consists in the parts which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a part1ally-sectional elevation of my invention with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on the line m :1; of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail of the outer end of the trough.

A is a hollow standard provided with three hinge-pins,l3 C D, in ali gninent, said standard being provided with a base, it, having suitable openings for the reception of bolts A A supply-pipe, E, leads up into the standard and extends through a side opening in said standard, the upper outer end Of Stltl pipe being provided with a cook, it. E is a discharge-pipe, also inside of the standard, the upper end of said pipe extending outward through an opening Ill said standard. A trough, G, is provided on its inner end with the arms II and I. As shown, each of said arms is forked, the arm II being rigidly secured to the respective outer sides of the trough, the arm I being secured to the inner under s de of the trough. The arm ll isprOvided with an eye, II, for engaging the h1nge-p1u and the arm I is also provided with an eye, I, for engaging the hinge-pin D. [he outer end of the trough is provided with a yoke-bar, J, rigidly secured thereto, the arms of said yoke extending slightly under the trough. Lolts or screws for securing the under part of said arm are shown in dotted lincs,11ig. 2. The upper end of the yoke-bar J is proti ded with an eye, J, for engaging a hook, Ix 011 the outer'end of a brace-rod, K, the upper end of said rod being provided with an eye, K for engaging the hinge-pin l3.

L is one section of the discharge pipe, whose outer upper end is engaged in an opening in the under innerside of the trough, and extends into said trough slightly above the bottom thereof. The lower end of the pipe I. is connected by swivel-joint M to the upper end of the pipe F, and L is a cock for the pipe L.

N N represent a railway-track.

The operation is as follows: The pipe-joint M is on a line with the pins 13 C D, so as to permit the trough to be swung across the track and moved clear thereof at pleasure. The trough may be filled with water by moving it under the cock E on the supply-pipe]*1, and by opening the cock L the water maybe drawn off through the discharge-pipe.

By means of my trough a car-conductor can easily and quickly water hishorses, the trough being placed across the track to water the horses, and swung to one side when they are through.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a watering-trough, the combination, with a standard adapted to be arranged adjacent to a railroad-track, of a water-supply pipe projecting from the standard, and a trough hinged at one end to the said standard, substantially as described, whereby provision is made for swinging the trough under the supply-pipe for filling it, and then swinging it across the track, as set forth.

2. In awatering-trough,the combination of a hollow standard, a water-supply pipe proj ectin g throu gh the standard, a trough hinged to the standard,and a discharge-pipe leading from the trough to the standard and provided with a swi vol-joint, substantially as described.

3. In a watering-trough, the combination, wii 11 a standard provided with pivot-pins, of a trough provided at its inner end with arms having eyes to receive the two lowermost pivot-pins, a yoke secured to the outer end of the trough, and a brace-rod engaging the yoke and the uppermost pivot-pin, substantially as herein shown. and described.

at. A watering-trough comprising a hollow standard, a water supply pipe projecting through the standard and provided with a cook, a trough having its inner end hinged to 6. The combination, with a standard, of a Watering trough hinged thereto, a hinged brace-rod for said trough, and a discharge pipe provided with a swivel-joint, the hingepoints of said trough and brace-rod and the swivel-joint of said discharge-pipe being all in a vertical line substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE WOODWARD LANGDON.

Witnesses:

WALTER R. DAME, HARRY D. CARTER. 

